my halloween 2012 round up

well. 

guess i've been a busy beaver with halloween stuff.

so in case you missed anything creepy, scary, or just plain silly, here's a rundown.

for something different, try these:

monster jars-these are quick to make and loads of fun for the kiddies

candy corn zombies-these are waaaaaay silly!

for something easy, try these:

eraser box-get rid of all those erasers

styrofoam eyeballs-even toddlers can help you do this

pumpkin centerpieces-raid the dollar store already

butter dishes-use these for treats & not for butter

batty rice krispies-go batty with these 

for something kid-like, try these:

artist picture-from dollar store again!

pumpkin head and pumpkin stacker along with the art wall-make a wall of spooky fun

for the more challenging food crafters, try these:

candy cupcakes-oh what a party favor

frightful pretzels-a halloween manicure

trick or treaters P-U-Ps-these are really fun to make & there's a bunch of different kinds

and finally for the witch-lovers, try these:

marshmallow ones-almost too cute to eat

caramel apple ones-easy peasy

witch's candy-easier than it looks

okey dokey! 
that is the end of my halloween craziness for the year 2012. whew!


i sure hope you enjoyed them :)
now i am off to play with the turkeys.


hope you get to be a part of some halloween festivities this weekend!

i'll be back after trick or treat day with some thanksgiving stuff-yahoo!

halloween "butter" dishes for mini treats

!WARNING! 
before reading, this post contains gross out halloween stuff that may make you ill but also cute stuff to hopefully balance it out :>P

we'll start the bidding at 25 cents.
25 25 25 do i hear 25?yes!50 50 50 50 50...do i hear 50?yes!75 75 75 75 75...do i hear 75?yes!1 dolla 1 dolla 1 dolla??YES!do i hear $1.25? 1.25? 1.25?

(......crickets)

1 dolla. 1 dolla. 1 dolla. going once...going twice...SOLD! to the lady in the black pointy hat and striped socks for $1.00.

what'd she get?

source

now to our next item.
for this one, EVERYBODY needs this.
ah yes, cuz we all know without one, we couldn't live.
so here we have:

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shall we start the bidding at 25 cents? 
but you, dr.frankenstein, are not allowed to bid since you already got a dozen of these last year.
25 25 25 25...

ugh. freakish.

i'm gonna stop there cuz I don't think i want any more grossness on my blog.

i mean what happened?

WHAT HAPPENED TO HALLOWEEN FOLKS?
cuz i cannot go into a halloween store these days without these body parts on full display for my innocent eyes without staring at them in awful wonder all neatly packaged in their cellophane and styrofoam trays and quickly feeling queazy if i don't shut my eyes real tight and pray i don't run over a little old lady with my shopping cart.

so when i blindly make the turn with my cart and run into this mask,

you my dear, are in SERIOUS need of dental work!
gawd awful mask that i photo edited here

i'm done. 
toast.
stick a fork in me and do NOT wake me up til turkey day!

and you think i'd actually like all this stuff, since i am a halloween baby after all.

quite the contrary. i like things that don't make me ill. (don't EVEN ask me why i'm a nurse!)

and Halloween can be cute and fun and whimsical. so without further ado, let's look at this instead.

 cute little butter dishes.

awwwwwwwww...look at the purrttee leetle butter dishes! now these are much better to look at than severed body parts. indeed.

but they don't look halloweenish!?!

let's fix that then.

with these:

buy here

and add a little crazy imagination not involving blood.

all you gotta do is draw and you're done!

first up.

a fuzzy monster.

then a chevron pumpkin comes by with a leaf mustache. 
(yeah, i know, i'm nutty.)

and take a look at my mummy. 
well, not my mummy, mummy. 
just a mummy.

and then along came a spider...

crud. messed up on the stupid web.

but hey! a little 409 gets it right out and i can start all over :)

all done.

so now what?

i mean, it's not like this would be appropriate for butter. 

who puts butter in little dishes like this anyway?

what's wrong with a stick or a tub of butter at the dinner table?

if i am having a dinner that needs a separate butter dish like this, then i better be at a fancy schmany restaurant, and not in my kitchen waiting for the rolls to be done.

hehe

so since they are all cute and not gross, it only makes sense to use them right?

try these (i got them at wal-mart)

whad'ya think?

let's start the bidding at 1 cent.

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